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msflame
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0 posted 2004-12-07 05:56 PM




You're older now, but I still
see you painted, standing in the sun
a totem pole of flesh and bone--
        and I remember your tenderness.

A portrait emerges from the earth
across your trunk, carves parts
of your face not kissed.

Passion is scribed from twilight gold,
bringing back the laughter we shared,
and words, unwritten, unworthy
of a moon we never hung.

Darling, our hours were delicate;
the greenest hills once bowed at the waist
and storms settled into waves
between us.

I sit here, alone, reading

        Loveliest of trees

imagining your breath across my neck
knowing that once your strength
held me together--
and beneath you, my silhouette turned

until their was no colour found that would
design the heaviness lifted from my heart.

[This message has been edited by msflame (12-08-2004 07:14 PM).]

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1 posted 2004-12-07 06:35 PM


"I sit here, alone, reading

        Loveliest of trees

imagining your breath across my neck
knowing that once your strength
held me together--
and beneath you, my silhouette turned

until their was no colour found that would
design the heaviness lifted from my heart. "


Beautiful..perfectly beautiful!
A very impressive write...much enjoyed!
Hugs~Nancy

~ Let peace begin with me... ~

RSWells
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2 posted 2004-12-07 10:38 PM


These do sound like delicate hours, both in the past and that present golden twilight where quiet reflection prompts the mixed blessing of peaceful memories and sorrow in unkissed faces and unwritten words.



  

passing shadows
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3 posted 2004-12-08 05:36 AM


what a mood you bring here...

sigh

Sunshine
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4 posted 2004-12-08 07:42 AM



Chalked with empathy...
Beautiful!

msflame
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5 posted 2004-12-08 09:07 AM


Thanks so much!
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